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We want our beach back say residents
Angry Demistan residents are staging a festival today, to highlight their fight for the return of their beach.Parts of the coast are owned by a VIP, who villages say has also “stolen” part of the sea and walled it off, blocking residents’ access. Another VIP has sold the other part to private investors, who are [...]
Full StoryFeds open Alcoa bribery probe
Federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into allegations that Alcoa Inc. and affiliates bribed officials in the Persian Gulf country of Bahrain to secure hundreds of millions of dollars in overpayments. The U.S. Justice Department asked a judge to halt a federal civil lawsuit against the Pittsburgh-based company that accused Alcoa of bribing the officials [...]
Full StoryUS Justice probes Alcoa Bahrain bribe allegations
The US Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into allegations that aluminum giant Alcoa paid bribes to officials in Bahrain, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Late last month, Aluminum Bahrain BSC, a Bahrain government-controlled company, filed civil suit in a federal court in Alcoa’s home town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, alleging that for 15 [...]
Full StoryFinances Clamp
A new law will force ministers, top government officials, MPs, Shura and municipal councillors to declare their personal finances. An independent commission of judges will have sweeping powers to investigate their finances, including those of their spouses and children. Those who fail to comply, or found guilty of financial crime, will face heavy fines and/or [...]
Full StoryClean Hands
Bahrain has moved fast to polish up an image somewhat tarnished by a recent report suggesting corruption was on the rise in the kingdom. The latest study on the rates of perceptions of corruption in countries around the globe conducted by Transparency International (TI) said the levels in Bahrain have significantly worsened over the past [...]
Full StoryCorruption index blow for Bahrain
Bahrain was among 11 countries cited by Transparency International yesterday as having a “significant worsening in levels of perceived corruption” this year, despite retaining its rank as the third least corrupt country in the Arab world. Its global ranking also dropped in the 2007 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) from 36, among 163 countries last year, [...]
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Fishermen are allegedly being forced at gunpoint to pay crippling rents to a landlord who has hijacked large areas of sea off Sitra’s coast. His henchmen have repeatedly threatened fishermen at gunpoint for objecting to paying rent for his illegal fish traps, claim villagers, councillors and MPs A parliamentary probe into the landlord’s control over [...]
Full StoryWar on Corruption
A pledge to stamp out corruption went out from Crown Prince and BDF Commander-in-Chief Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa last night. He vowed to combat corruption in any government ministry, organisation or state-owned company. Even if it goes as high as a minister, there would be no escape, he said as he visited Municipalities [...]
Full StoryMPs seek talks over Alba probe
MPs are seeking talks with Alba officials over investigations into alleged corruption, which a union official says may have cost the company millions of dinars. Two men, one an Alba employee and the other a former employee, are reportedly being questioned by the Public Prosecution. They are reportedly suspected of embezzling money from the company [...]
Full StoryMumtalakat praised for exposing Alba corruption
Crown Prince and BDF Commander-in-Chief Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa last night praised the efforts of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company in unearthing financial corruption at Alba. Instances of bad governance should be exposed so as to guard the principles of transparency and preserve public money, he said lauding Alba’s efforts to reinforce its audit [...]
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